Tyrannosaurus Drip - Softcover

Donaldson, Julia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230015506 ISBN 13: 9780230015500

Publisher: MacMillan Children's Books, 2008

Synopsis

Everyone knows that tyrannosauruses are big and scary, so when a placid duckbill dinosaur's egg ends up in the wrong nest confusion is sure to ensue. When the baby dinosaur hatches out, he's so out of place that his grisly big sisters call him Tyrannosaurus Drip.

About this title

About the Author:

Julia Donaldson is the outrageously talented, prize-winning author of the world's best-loved picture books, and was the 2011-2013 UK Children's Laureate. Her books include What the Ladybird Heard, Room on the Broom and the modern classic The Gruffalo, which has sold over 13.5 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over sixty languages. Julia also writes fiction as well as poems, plays and songs and her brilliant live children's shows are always in demand. Julia and her husband Malcolm divide their time between Sussex and Edinburgh. David Roberts is an award-winning illustrator with an international following. Born in Liverpool, he has a degree in fashion design, and has worked as a milliner and fashion illustrator. But he always felt his true calling was in children's book illustration and now pursues that dream from his flat in London. David illustrates fiction, poetry, and picture books, including the Dirty Bertie series, and in 2006 won the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Gold Award for his line drawings in Mouse Noses on Toast.

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In a prehistoric river in a prehistoric swamp, Lived a herd of duckbill dinosaurs who liked to stand and chomp. And they hooted, "Up with the rivers!" and they hooted, "Up with reeds!"And they hooted, "Up with bellyfulls of juicy water weeds!" Now across the rushy river, on a hill the other side,Lived a mean Tyrannosaurus with his grim and grisly bride.And they shouted, "Up with hunting!" and they shouted, "Up with war!"And they shouted, "Up with bellyfuls of duckbill dinosaur!"

About this edition

• Publisher: MacMillan Children's Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0230015506
• ISBN 13: 9780230015500
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32